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Reasonable Faith Podcast

An Atheist Answers Dr. Craig's Five Points

Reasonable Faith Podcast

William Lane Craig

Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture, Philosophy, Christianity

4.71.5K Ratings

🗓️ 15 April 2019

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

How well does an atheist biologist and blogger understand Dr. Craig's five points on the existence of God?

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0:00.0

Well, hey, and thanks for joining us on Reasonable Faith with Dr. William Lane Craig.

0:11.0

I'm Kevin Harris, and Bill, last week we talked about PZ Myers

0:15.3

who is a biologist who also includes his atheism and topics on his blog and he

0:21.2

discussed the demise of the new atheism and lo and behold I also came

0:26.2

across an article in which he talks about you he addresses the Fox News feature

0:31.6

they did on you several years ago on five points concerning the

0:35.6

existence of God and we need to warn everyone that some of this gets a little irreverent. Bill?

0:43.4

First, Kevin, I think it's important to see the way in which he

0:47.1

misrepresents the force of these arguments. He says that this piece that I

0:52.3

published claims to refute all of the arguments of atheists

0:59.7

and to conclusively demonstrate the existence of his God.

1:05.8

I've never claimed to offer conclusive demonstrations of the existence of God.

1:10.7

Typically I'll say that God is the best explanation for certain phenomena.

1:17.0

Together this provides a powerful cumulative case that makes the existence of God more probable than not.

1:24.8

So contrary to what Peezy Meyer says here, I don't claim that these must be quote real

1:30.2

humdingers to wrap up the whole debate. He is caricaturing the arguments that I present

1:38.1

rather than considering them in the way that I offer them. So he goes through five arguments

1:45.3

that you are known for.

1:47.3

Yes.

1:47.8

So the first argument is, number one,

1:51.0

God provides the best explanation of the origin of the universe.

1:55.0

Given the scientific evidence we have about our universe and its origins,

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